Collaborations

Works in Progress

How can families facing pediatric cancer navigate the extraordinary challenges they face beyond the hospital?

UX for Good | Chicago | See Overview

How can we leverage professional sports to revitalize communities and build better cities?

Chicago Architecture Center | Chicago

How can Rwanda's rebirth after genocide help other nations navigate their own paths to peace?

Aegis Trust and UX for Good | Kigali, Rwanda | See Program

How do we use design to spark a renaissance in audacious social change?

Jason Ulaszek | Chicago

Completed Works

How do we get more people to engage with poetry?

Poetry Foundation | Chicago

How do we start solving the world's biggest problems?

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Washington, DC | See our Findings

How do we supercharge social work to solve society's biggest challenges?

University of Southern California | Los Angeles | See Program

How can the US make smarter investments in emerging democracies?

US Department of State and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Palm Springs, CA

How do innovators win over the establishment?

Harvard Medical School and Family Van | Boston

How do we work mindfulness into public education?

Dalai Lama for Peace and Education and UX for Good | Vancouver, Canada

How can nonprofit theater thrive when audiences and philanthropy are changing?

Steppenwolf Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Court Theatre, and Writers Theatre | Chicago | See Report

How do we train the next generation of social innovators?

Andrew Benedict-Nelson and University of Southern California | Los Angeles | Watch Videos

How do we increase the effectiveness of international organizations like the UN?

US Department of State and Community of Democracies | Charlottesville, VA

How do we redesign genocide museums to convert visitors into activists?

Aegis Trust, Kigali Genocide Memorial, and UX for Good | Kigali, Rwanda and London

How do we help good ideas take root in cultures that resist them?

National Endowment for the Arts and Walter Reed Memorial Medical Center | Bethesda, MD

How do we make immersive experiences better for people with disabilities?

Shedd Aquarium and Inzovu | Chicago

How can we unite communities with different agendas around a common cause?

TED | Palm Springs, CA | See Video

How can industries prepare to succeed in an uncertain future?

8 industry leaders | Chicago and Washington DC

How do we channel more money to professional musicians in New Orleans?

The Grammy Foundation, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, and UX for Good | New Orleans

How do we protect creative work from the bean counters?

Starbucks | Chicago | See Video

How can restaurants serve a more meaningful role in people's lives and communities?

Panera | Boston

How can we flip government opposition into support?

Clear Channel | Chicago

How do we transform Jewish life to reengage the 70% who have drifted away?

Jim Joseph Foundation | Denver, New Orleans | Listen to Podcast Series

Other Collaborations

NASA (Hampton, Virginia), Starbucks (Chicago), School of Visual Arts (New York City), Ashoka (Half Moon Bay, CA), UBS (Chicago), Great Books Foundation (Chicago), Chicago Public Media (Chicago), Illinois and Indiana Humanities Councils (Chicago), Interior Environments (Detroit, Denver), Council for Interior Design Accreditation (Virtual), Akerman (Miami), Foundations of East Chicago, Indiana (East Chicago, IN), Executives Breakfast Club of Oak Brook (Oak Brook, IL), Rotary One (Chicago)